I have given 2 months notice to my existing landlord and must vacate my rented flat in West Croydon by 15/7/2026. Conveyancing for my house purchase is progressing. Is it possible to complete in 5 weeks as I wish to avoid having to move into temporary accommodation?
The normal practice is not to provide notice for your letting until you have exchanged. Assuming that you have not already done so, speak to your solicitor and request that they chase the other side, try to a target completion date that all parties will aim towards
Can your site be used to locate a Conveyancing solicitor in West Croydon even where I’m not buying or disposing of a house, for example if I intend to acquire an office in West Croydon with a mortgage from Coventry Building Society?
The service is predominantly there to find domestic conveyancing solicitors in West Croydon but we have listed at the bottom of this page some West Croydon commercial conveyancing firms. You should make contact with the solicitors directly to check if they are also authorised to represent Coventry Building Society
My lawyer in West Croydon is not listed on the Yorkshire Building Society Conveyancing Panel. Can I still retain my prefered solicitor even though they are not on the Yorkshire Building Society approved list?
The limited options available to you here include:
- Carry on with your preferred West Croydon solicitors but Yorkshire Building Society will need to retain a lawyer on their panel. This will inevitably rack up the overall legal fees as well as result in frustration.
- Choose an alternative lawyer to act in the purchase, not forgetting to check they are Yorkshire Building Society approved.
- Persuade your Yorkshire Building Society solicitor to try to join the Yorkshire Building Society panel
Does a directory service exist listing UBS panel solicitors in West Croydon on the Building Society Association’s Website?
No. There is no such directory service on the Council of Mortgage Lenders or Building Society Association websites. Very few lenders make their panel listings visible on the web. Where you are in need of a West Croydon conveyancing practitioner on the UBS please make the most of our tool.
I am purchasing a property in West Croydon. One unusual aspect is that the roof has a solar panel. TSB have issued a mortgage offer so presumably this is not a concern to them. Why is my solicitor raising questions about the panel?
As your lender is TSB your lawyer must follow the conveyancing requirements outlined in Section two of UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook for TSB. The CML Handbook sets out minimum conditions for solar panel roof-space leases, and conveyancers are required to report to TSB where a lease fails to meet these requirements. The conditions relate to the installation of panels on properties nationwide and is not limited to West Croydon.
I have paid off my mortgage with Kent Reliance. I assume I don't need a West Croydon property lawyer on the Kent Reliance panel to discharge the mortgage at the Land Registry. Please confirm.
If you have finished paying off your Kent Reliance mortgage, they may send you evidence showing that you have paid it off. Alternatively they may notify the Land Registry directly. The Land Registry need to see this evidence before they will remove the Kent Reliance mortgage from the register. Kent Reliance, and any evidence they send you, will determine the action you need to take. In cases where no conveyancer is acting for you and you have paid off your mortgage:
- but are not moving to another property
- where Kent Reliance has sent the Land Registry the discharge electronically, and
- Kent Reliance has instructed the Land Registry to do so
I am buying my first flat in West Croydon benefiting from help to buy. The sellers refused to move on the amount so I negotiated £7000 of fixtures and fittings instead. The estate agent suggested that I not reveal to my conveyancer about this side-deal as it could impact my mortgage with Barclays . Do I keep my lawyer in the dark?.
All lenders require a Disclosure of Incentives Form from the builder of any new build, converted or renovated property, It is available online from the Lenders’ Handbook page on the CML website. CML form is completed and handed to the lender's surveyor when the inspection is done.
Lenders have different policies on incentives. Some accept none at all, cash or physical, while others will accept cash incentives up to 5%.
Hard to understand why the representative of a builder would be suggesting you withold information from a solicitor when all this will be clearly visible on forms the builder has to supply to its solicitor, the buyer's solicitor and the surveyor.
Our solicitor in West Croydon has uncovered a a problem with the lease for the flat we are purchasing in West Croydon. The seller’s lawyers have put forward defective title insurance as a solution. We are content with insurance and will pay for it. Our solicitor has advised that as he is on the bank conveyancing panel he must be satisfied that the lender is happy with this solution. Who is the client here, us or the lender?
Just because you have a mortgage offer from the bank does not mean to say that the property will be meet their requirements for the purposes of a mortgage. Your West Croydon conveyancing lawyer has to ensure that the lease has to comply with the UK Finance Lenders’ Handbook Requirements. You and the lender are the client. These conveyancing instructions must be adhered to by the mortgage company conveyancing panel who has to balance acting for you and the lender